Quantum spreading of a self-gravitating wave-packet in singularity free gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2018-03-14 v2 Quantum Physics
Abstract
In this paper we will study for the first time how the wave-packet of a self-gravitating meso-scopic system spreads in theories beyond Einstein's general relativity. In particular, we will consider a ghost-free infinite derivative gravity, which resolves the singularity in the potential - such that the gradient of the potential vanishes within the scale of non-locality. We will show that a quantum wave-packet spreads faster for a ghost-free and singularity-free gravity as compared to the Newtonian case, therefore providing us a unique scenario for testing classical and quantum properties of short-distance gravity in a laboratory in the near future.
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@article{arxiv.1709.09263,
title = {Quantum spreading of a self-gravitating wave-packet in singularity free gravity},
author = {Luca Buoninfante and Gaetano Lambiase and Anupam Mazumdar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.09263},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
9 pages, 2 figures. Version accepted for publication in EPJC